Profile

Joan M. Bernhard

Senior Scientist

Geology & Geophysics

Office Phone: +1 508 289 3480

Cell Phone: +1 774 521 9766

jbernhard@whoi.edu

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Education

B.A. Colgate University, 1982, Geology
M.S. University of California, Davis, 1984, Geology
Ph.D. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1990, Oceanography

Research Interests

Benthic foraminiferal ecology and paleoecology; Biogeochemistry of redox boundary sediments in both modern and ancient environments; Microaerophilic and anaerobic protists from Oxygen Minimum Zones and methane and cold seeps; Protistan-prokaryote symbioses; Culturing of deep-sea benthic foraminifera to ground truth paleoceanographic proxies; Microbial communities of laminated sediments; Sub-millimeter life positions of microorganisms in sediments; Application of various microscopic techniques (TEM, SEM, LSCM) to marine microbial ecology.